Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-17
ALASKA.
A Letter from General Edw i'm
ward.

DAN FRANCISCO, August ID, 1887.
EDITORS HERALD: Permit me tt
have the pleasure of addressing you
q few lines before 1 have the pleas ure
Of meeting you in person; as l trust
may be able to do shortly.
left Pasadena for Alaska-I have
done it-and have acquired such as il
usual and common; that is, great ex
perience in brief words of one capable
sf doing justice to the cause in divers
ways, such as becomes seer anxious
to profit by the best phase and the
varied phases presented, and apply il
to the best advantages to others. This
I would like to ask you to grant me, in
the interests of our lovely Central Cal
ifornian region, an interview with you.
One not venturesome, but honorable
70 all and every particular relating to
prosperity, es' ecially to California at
large, and even more to the States
pride.
/ ask to be American, and be true
and capable Of all
On that ground, you, whom all
know 80 fair and honorable, will
trust, not doubt, my veracity and
truth to do justice to great occasion,
associated with the sterling worth of
California, which we all enjoy, as may
be maintained one of the greatest
blessings. The prospect of an ac-
knowledged super excellent future
prospect of an attraction welded by
providence above the land and below.
Situated in close proximity to Los An
geles, affording the greatest possible
future to benefit to all California.
L predict that in but very brief
time there will be largely increased
traffic through California from the
warmer south to the cooler north, and
on tn the Alaskan semi-arctic wonders
that the wide world will follow along
this truly wondrous track-the whole
way in such bulk of people as OF itself
afford a bulwark of stability irrespect-
i've of the rest.
So much strength additional to min
erd wealth, various climate and
scenery of Arctic wonders must hence
forth accumulate and make this quar-
ter of the globe the newest wonder.
My love of Pasadena has neverthe-
less not diminished one iota, but 9TH
erwise increased in ratio largely and
justly and honestly, run in the route
the whole way from New York to
Alaska, through California, and hence
came the climax of incalculable won-
ders, irresistible and irrepressable,
and only to be believed when seen.
Such l say in hopes of doing duty as
. citizen whose heart is in the glory of
America equally with born native,
which l was all but being as my
father wished, but my mother was in
England and my father went back to
England. l have Dublin blood on
my mothers side, yet l am proud OF
America and try to prove it in my
every act and deed, even if doubted by
some. believe me it is not fair.
All round Alaska it was Long Beach
to my surprise and illustrating l am at
present whole, that is what beg to
explain adventures of kind not over
kind but true.
We had most notable party of
charming and great people with every
branch Of art, science and political
taste on board the steamship
Oympian, all of whom were re-
narkable wherever wonders were to
be discovered.
Even worthy of narrative however
by object is to endeavor to combine
worth, wonder and wisdom-wealth
rs presented in the phase of the
schemes just devised and inaugurated
BY the many new enterprises which
the intellectually of man can ac-
complish and has accomplished re-
Gently not only on a large scale but
upon an unusually grand and magnifi-
cent and exceptionally attractive and
practical basis.
Allow me to express an apologetic
excuse for encroaching this much and
to be permitted to enjoy the pleasure
d meeting you when convenient on
nay return to the county from which l
started (Los Angeles).
Believing the Trust, Yours in Sim
cerity EDWIN WARD.